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Their search for the truth was given a further spur when two pals of their daughter revealed she may have been sexually assaulted before she went missing on 24 March 2011.

They have received Government assurance that these shock claims will be probed — but they cannot comment after reportedly being given an out-of-court settlement with Disney.

Canadian expert Dr Ross Klein, author of Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Ship Industry, fears the growing number of people disappearing on ships is worrying.

His research suggests that many of the 200 people who disappeared are drunken guests on the last night of their trip toppling overboard.

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Rebecca Coriam, 24, disappeared in suspicious circumstances over a year after joining Disney Cruise

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Mike and Ann Coriam, parents of Rebecca, and her sister Rachael at a memorial service in 2015

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Rebecca disappeared as the Bahamian-registered Disney Wonder travelled between California and Mexico

But with crew member Rebecca, who had over a year’s experience as part of the Disney cruise’s Youth Team, this factor is effectively ruled out — and leaves open the possibility that she may have been attacked.

Added to this is the “shambles” investigation, carried out by a lone Bahamian police officer, into her death that was littered with faults.

Private investigator Roy Ramm, a former Cdr of Specialist Operations at Scotland Yard, told The Sun last year: “As far as I’m concerned this is a murder investigation until someone proves it’s not.”

He said the original probe was “very seriously flawed”.

Rebecca being seen off by her parents before taking up her dream job in 2010

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Mike and Ann Coriam have not commented since reportedly receiving an out of court settlement from Disney

And Rebecca’s local MP Chris Matheson, who has done his own research, added: “There has been a whole wealth of contradictory evidence.”

“I think a crime has been committed here and I want justice for my constituents”, he said.

Rebecca disappeared after joining the Wonder, her second cruise ship, as it travelled between Los Angeles and Mexico.

After the alarm was raised a search turned up no results and Mike, 63, and Ann, 59, were told the terrible news that their daughter was missing overboard later that morning.

Rebecca was an experienced crew member of over a year when she disappeared

There are fears Rebecca may have been sexually assaulted on the night she disappeared

Ann recalled the last time she spoke to her daughter the previous day: “It was a quick call and we said we would speak on Facebook on Tuesday.

“It was all a bit of a rush but she seemed fine — just normal Bex.

“As far as we know she had a normal day on Monday. She had a meal on the Monday night with her friends and everything was fine.”

After frantically flying out to LA, the distraught couple were told their daughter definitely fell overboard.

But ex-Scotland Yard sleuth Roy said: “It would have taken a 100ft wave to wash her overboard from where they claim she must have gone.

“But we know the sea conditions at the time were good.”

Rebecca worked as a nanny on the Disney Wonder ship

There are fears Rebecca may have been attacked and murdered

The last footage of Rebecca, taken from the ship’s CCTV, then emerged.

It was recorded at 5.45am on the morning of her disappearance. She is on her phone on the first deck and wearing what looks like men’s clothes.

She is seen tugging at them repeatedly and showing signs of distress.

One fellow crew member thought she was speaking to a friend while another said “there was no mystery” and that it was a fight with her partner.

That staffer added: “She was a lovely girl, with underlying sadness.”

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An investigation by police in the Bahamas, where the ship was registered, was slammed as deeply flawed

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An original investigation found Rebecca had fallen overboard during stormy weather

Another friend believes Rebecca then made her way to the fifth deck because it was her favourite spot.

This private area was used by crew to relax and there is a wall more than 6ft high between it and the sea.

The pal thinks Rebecca simply clambered up to sit on the wall and accidentally fell from it, recalling: “She loved deck five. It’s where we always used to go.

“I bet she climbed on to the wall and sat on the ledge in a ‘I need to feel like I’m off the ship for a second’ way.”

There has been a whole wealth of contradictory evidence. I think a crime has been committed here and I want justice for my constituents

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But one unnamed friend of Rebecca’s, who saw her at around 2am yet was not interviewed by police, said: “To call this an ‘investigation’ is an insult.”

The Bahamas Police concluded Rebecca’s death was “not suspicious”.

According to US reports, Disney has made an out-of-court and undisclosed settlement with the family.

But Roy believes the family is still owed answers and that there should have been an inquest.

He said: “A coroner would call witnesses who could say what they saw that morning and give the family some kind of closure.

“For this young woman to have been discarded like flotsam or jetsam is a disgrace.”

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